Lineweight and colors

[EMS_0525]

My understanding with previous versions is that if the drawing is set up to be printed with a .ctb file and you assign an actual lineweight to certain lines the color would override the lineweight. It would use the .ctb to give it the thickness. A drafter here thinks that if he wants a thicker line he just makes the lineweight higher. We are in 2009/2010.

 

Does the lineweight override the color and the ctb or visa versa? I know polylines with thickness override the .ctb file. He is trying to print out proposed contours to be thicker. Im just making sure what im thinking is correct. I thought the only time the lineweights come into play is when its set up for a stb? Correct?

[rkent]

The CTB for that pen color will have to be set to Lineweight:Use object lineweight.

[BIGAL]

We always plot via the ctb with regard to pen thickness and colour and do not use line thicknesses (except plines) makes life much easier. We do though have multiple ctb's A0 Plotter is about twice the line thickness of the Laser.

 

We have different colour plot ctb's as well colours 1-9 & 250-256 set to black or grey rest true colour makes it easy to plot black & white with important stuff colourised (new word !) Laser = all black, lasercolour mixture of black and colours.

 

We basicly use the ISO pen colours for those who remember on their Rotring ink pens.